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Incident Date
15 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3575
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
In what has been described my local media as a massacre, between eight and 14 civilians were killed, including women and children, and "dozens" were injured, following artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib. Most of the local media alleged that the Syrian regime were to blame for the strikes, however some…
Summary
Published
15 February 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3570
Location
كفر زيتا, Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
One civilian died because of wounds he sustained as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime bombing on Kfar Zeita on February 1st, 2019 according to local sources. Other casualties among civilians were also reported. Local sources reported that Osama Hafez Al Rajo died on the morning of February 10th from wounds sustained…
Summary
Published
1 February 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2019
Incident Code
RS3569
Location
كفر نبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
A number of injuries among civilians were reported after an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces rocket attack on Kafr Nabl in Idlib on January 28th, 2019 according to sources on the ground. abds02747 tweeted that "Hossam al-Hassani and Mohammed al-Khatib were injured by the rocket attack that targeted the city of Kafr Nabl."…
Summary
Published
28 January 2019
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2019
Incident Code
RS3568
Location
كفر زيتا, Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
Artillery shelling reportedly struck a residential neighborhood in Kfar Zeita on the evening of January 26th and wounded a 40-year-old man who was transferred to a nearby medical point. According to some sources, another unidentified civilian was wounded. All sources blamed the Russian forces, except one local source who blamed the Syrian regime.
Summary
Published
26 January 2019
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 January 2019
Incident Code
RS3558
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urem al-Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Around 11 pm in the night of January the 4th, alleged Russian or regime airstrikes targeted the villages of Dera Azza, Urm Al Kubra, Al Rashidin and Rehab Al Mohandeseen, local media reported. In the village Urma Al Kubra, west of Aleppo, no civilians appear to have been killed but several were wounded. Reports varied on…
Summary
Published
4 January 2019
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3546
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
A child was killed and four other children injured when a cluster bomb exploded in Khan Sheikhoun on September 19th, 2018, according to local sources. The victim was identified as Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu. @24Idlib tweeted "The child Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu was killed and four other children were wounded by a bomb explosion from the remnants…
Summary
Published
19 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3545
Location
كفر زيتا, Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
Alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kfar Zeita in Hama reportedly led to death and/or injuries among civilians on September 10th, 2018. Shaam Network reported "Assad’s and Russian warplanes and helicopters launched intensive air raids accompanied by heavy artillery and missile attacks on the towns and villages of Latamna, Kfar Zeita, Lufayyat, Al-Obeida,…
Summary
Published
10 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3538
Location
كفر زيتا, Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others including his brother injured in Kafar Zeita in Hama on September 9th, 2018 after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes targeted the town with several barrel bombs, according to local sources. @SyriaCivilDefe identified the victim as Aref al-Hamada and tweeted "The body of the young man Aref al-Hamada was…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3539
Location
الهبيط, Al-Habit, Idlib, Syria
Two children were reported killed and up to six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al-Habit in Idlib on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources. @HadiAlabdallah tweeted "Umayya Ayman Al-Ruz, a displaced girl from the town of Khattab in the Hama countryside. This beautiful baby girl was…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3543
Location
محافظة حماه, Hama Governorate, Syria
Local sources reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured in a group of towns in Hama on September 9th, 2018 as a result of Russian forces and Syrian regime operations there. Shaam Network reported "The Russian planes, the warlords and the helicopter continued to launch heavy air raids on the cities and…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3529
Location
كفر عين, Kafr Ain, Idlib, Syria
One child, most local sources say a girl, was injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Ain in Idlib on September 8th, 2018. @maraya404 tweeted "A child girl was injured in a raid by the Assad regime, on Kafr Ain, south of Idlib." @IdlibPlus said that barrel bombs were used in…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3534
Location
كفرسجنة, Kafrsajna, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that attacks with barrel bombs on Kafrsajna in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 led to injuries among civilians. HalabTodayTV reported saying "Wounded civilians as a result of bombing the village of Hass and the surrounding town of Kafrsajna rural Idlib South with explosive barrels." @IdlibPlus blamed the Syrian regime and tweeted "Helicopters…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3535
Location
قلعة المضيق, Qalaat al-Madiq, Hama, Syria
Up to three civilians were reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime artillery shelling on Qalaat al-Madiq in Hama on Saturday, September 8th, 2018 according to local sources. Two of the victims were identified as Naser Hashoum and Muhammad al-Sheikh. Albasaer newspaper said that one of the victims died as…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
IRI001
Location
كوية, Koya, Erbil, Iraq
Multiple sources reported the death of up to 14 individuals and as many as 42 wounded, allegedly as a result of Iranian bombardment on the Koya area. Most reports did not specify whether or not the victims were civilian. Shafaq however quoted the First Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) who stressed…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–14
Civilians reported injured
30–42
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3530
Location
عابدين القريبة, Vicinity of Abdin, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians including a girl and a woman were killed and five others including up to three children and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin town in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. The time of the incident remains unclear as some sources said it happened in…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3531
Location
الهلبة, Al-Halba, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and six others injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces attacked with explosive barrels Al-Halba village in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence said "A civilian martyred, and six others wounded, as a result of helicopter bombing that targeted the village of Al-Halba…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3533
Location
السرج, Al-Sarj, Idlib, Syria
A pregnant woman was killed with her unborn baby, and others including a woman were injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike or artillery attack with rockets on Al-Sarj village in Idlib on September 8th, 2018, according to local sources. The victim was identified as Ola Riyad al-Daher. Bawabat Hama posted "Mrs.…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3519
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria
Up to 11 civilians including a woman, and five children from the same family were reported killed and many others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on neighborhoods in Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The local sources identified names of ten of the victims…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3520
Location
كفردين, Kafridin, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018. Fresh-syria news reported that "a number of civilians were martyred and others were injured today, Tuesday, as a result of the Russian aggression targeting with airstrikes the village of…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3521
Location
محمبل, Mhambel, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians including at least two women from the same family were reported killed and many others injured including two children in alleged Russian airstrikes on a market, and on Baidarshmso village in Mhambel in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted: "Three women were killed, and a man and two children…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3522
Location
فريكة, Furaykah, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed, and another injured in Furaykah town in Idlib, as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian TV reported that "a civilian was killed and his son was seriously wounded in Russian air strikes on the village of Furaykah in Idlib countryside." Macro…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3523
Location
الجانودية, Al-Janoudiya, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and two others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al-Janoudiya in Idlib, on September 4th, 2018. @almo3tasem91 tweeted "Two martyrs and a number of wounded civilians in the village of Al-Janoudiya as a result of being targeted by several air strikes by Russian warplanes." Local sources…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3526
Location
مُحافظة ادلب, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafr Dassen, Idlib Governorate, on September 4th, 2018, according to Step News Agency. Step wrote that "Russian warplanes launched intensive air raids targeting villages and towns of rural Idlib West and the western and northern and western countryside of Hama, since the…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3510
Location
تسيل, Tasil, Daraa, Syria
Four civilians including a child and a woman were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Tasil in Dara'a on July 21st, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said " At least four civilians, including a girl, were killed as Syrian/Russian regime warplanes fired missiles on…
Summary
Published
21 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3508
Location
الشجرة, Al-Shajara, Daraa, Syria
Up to 15 civilians were killed including women and children and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al-Shajara in Daraa on July 20th, 2018. Sanabka Ahrar reported that the area was the target of more than 40 raids with missiles and rockets what caused severe destruction to buildings. @samersamer694…
Summary
Published
20 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–15
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3509
Location
تسيل, Tasil, Daraa, Syria
Five civilians from the same family were reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces' airstrikes on Tasil in Dara'a on July 20th, 2018. @yaser_23001 tweeted "Five civilians from one family were killed due to an air strike on the town of Tasil in the western Dara'a countryside." Hamza.alshaheed page…
Summary
Published
20 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3504
Location
عين التينة, Ein al-Teena, Quneitra, Syria
At least eight civilians, including women and children, were reported killed and many others injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces attacked with airstrikes a school used as a shelter for IDPs in Ein al-Teena in Quneitra, Syria on July 17th, 2018. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said " At least eight civilians,…
Summary
Published
17 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3505
Location
العالية, A'liya, Daraa, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on A'liya in Quneitera, Syria on July 17th, 2018. Middle East Online (MEO) said "Another civilian was killed in Russian raids targeting the town of A'liya in the western countryside of Daraa at the administrative border with…
Summary
Published
17 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3507
Location
تسيل, Tasil, Daraa, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed and a number of others were wounded in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Taseel in Dara'a on July 17th, 2018 according to local sources. @Step_Agency tweeted "Warplanes launched several airstrikes targeting the town of Taseel, which is under the control of the Islamic State, in…
Summary
Published
17 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3494
Location
المسيفرة, Al-Musayfrah, Daraa, Syria
An elderly woman was reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al-Musayfrah in Dara'a on July 1st, 2018 according to local sources. Hajja Aisha Muhammad Taha Al-Zoubi was reported killed. Fatima Hamidi posted on Facebook "The martyrdom of hajja Aisha Al-Muhammad in the town of Al-Musayfrah, after her body was found…
Summary
Published
1 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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